List of tributaries of the Missouri River
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Tributaries of the Missouri River, a major river in the central United States, are listed here in upstream order. These lists are arranged into river sections between cities or mouths of major tributaries for ease of navigation. Two large tributaries (the Platte and Yellowstone) have their own separate lists because they would be too lengthy to include in part of another section.
Data is derived from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographical maps and the USGS National Map.
Mouth to Kansas City
- Gasconade River
- Auxvasse Creek
- Osage River
- Moreau River
- Cedar Creek
- Moniteau Creek
- Perche Creek
- Lamine River
- Little Chariton River
- Chariton River
- Mussel Fork Chariton River
- Walnut Creek
- Blackbird Creek
- Grand River
- Fishing River
- Little Blue River
- Blue River
Kansas City to Plattsmouth
Platte River Basin
- Platte River
- Salt Creek
- Elkhorn River
- Shell Creek
- Loup River
- Prairie Creek
- Wood River
- Buffalo Creek
- North Platte River
- Birdwood Creek
- Blue Creek
- Rush Creek
- Horse Creek
- Cherry Creek
- Rawhide Creek
- Laramie River
- Horseshoe Creek
- La Bonte Creek
- La Prele Creek
- Casper Creek
- Bates Creek
- Sweetwater River
- Sage Creek
- Medicine Bow River
- Pass Creek
- Encampment River
- Douglas Creek
- Pinkham Creek
- Canadian River
- Michigan River
- North Fork North Platte River
- Roaring Fork North Platte River
- Grizzly Creek
- Little Grizzly Creek
- South Platte River
- Lodgepole Creek
- Cottonwood Creek
- Beaver Creek
- Bijou Creek
- Kiowa Creek
- Box Elder Creek
- Cache La Poudre River
- Big Thompson River
- St. Vrain River
- Clear Creek
- Cherry Creek
- Bear Creek
- Deer Creek
- Plum Creek
- North Fork South Platte River
- Horse Creek
- Tarryall Creek
- Middle Fork South Platte River
- South Fork South Platte River
Plattsmouth to Pierre
Vermillion River
Pierre to Bismarck
- Okobojo Creek
- Mail Shack Creek
- Cheyenne River
- Fishgut Creek
- Rudy Creek
- Straighthead Creek
- Spotted Bear Creek
- Cherry Creek
- Belle Fourche River
- Elk Creek
- Boxelder Creek
- Rapid Creek
- Victoria Creek
- Castle Creek
- North Fork Rapid Creek
- Spring Creek
- Battle Creek
- French Creek
- Beaver Creek
- Lame Johnny Creek
- Fall River
- Horsehead Creek
- Cascade Creek
- Hat Creek
- Red Canyon Creek
- Moss Agate Creek
- Lance Creek
- Black Thunder Creek
- Antelope Creek
- Dry Fork Cheyenne River
- Stove Creek
- Moreau River
- Grand River
- Tall Prairie Chicken Creek
- Oak Creek
- Fourmile Creek
- Porcupine Creek
- Beaver Creek
- Cannonball River
- Apple Creek
- Heart River
Bismarck to Williston
Yellowstone River Basin
- Yellowstone River
- Charbonneau Creek
- Horse Creek
- Fox Creek
- Burns Creek
- Box Elder Creek
- Clear Creek
- Cedar Creek
- O'Fallon Creek
- Powder River
- Tongue River
- Rosebud Creek
- Armells Creek
- Sarpy Creek
- Bighorn River
- Tullock Creek
- Little Bighorn River
- Beauvais Creek
- Rotten Grass Creek
- Soap Creek
- Porcupine Creek
- Crooked Creek
- Shoshone River
- Dry Creek
- Shell Creek
- Greybull River
- Nowood River
- Fifteenmile Creek
- Nowater Creek
- Gooseberry Creek
- Cottonwood Creek
- Kirby Creek
- Owl Creek
- Wind River
- Fly Creek
- Arrow Creek
- Pryor Creek
- Blue Creek
- Clarks Fork Yellowstone River
- Stillwater River
- Sweet Grass Creek
- Otter Creek
- Boulder River
- Big Timber Creek
- Duck Creek
- Shields River
- Gardiner River
- Hellroaring Creek
- Lamar River
- Tower Creek
- Raven Creek
- Thorofare Creek
- North Fork Yellowstone River
- South Fork Yellowstone River
North Dakota-Montana Border to Great Falls
- Little Muddy Creek
- Big Muddy Creek
- Poplar River
- Wolf Creek
- Little Porcupine Creek
- Milk River
- Big Dry Creek
- Musselshell River
- Armells Creek
- Cow Creek
- Birch Creek
- Judith River
- Arrow Creek
- Marias River
- Highwood Creek
- Belt Creek
